PowerShell Jobs in Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for PowerShell skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PowerShell over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Windows PowerShell Scotland / Edinburgh
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	48	61	76
Rank change year-on-year	+13	+15
Permanent jobs citing PowerShell	54	33	24
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh	4.42%	2.73%	1.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category	7.08%	6.35%	3.79%
Number of salaries quoted	30	15	12
Median salary	£42,750	£42,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+1.78%	-6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£29,325	£34,600
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,250	£60,800	£59,500
UK excluding London median salary	£43,000	£42,500	£42,500
% change year-on-year	+1.17%	-

PowerShell is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for programming language skills.

Programming Language Skills Edinburgh
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills	763	520	634
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh	62.49%	43.08%	45.51%
Number of salaries quoted	473	315	418
Median salary	£40,000	£42,500	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,300	£30,000	£28,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£50,000	£59,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+3.65%	+2.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Edinburgh citing PowerShell as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Programming Languages category.

Job vacancy trend for PowerShell in Edinburgh

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Salary Trend in Edinburgh

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PowerShell in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for PowerShell in Edinburgh

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Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing PowerShell in Edinburgh over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for PowerShell in Edinburgh

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing PowerShell also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Edinburgh region with a requirement for PowerShell.

1	56 (64.37%)	Windows
2	47 (54.02%)	Microsoft
3	42 (48.28%)	Active Directory
3	42 (48.28%)	VMware
4	40 (45.98%)	Opscode Chef
5	36 (41.38%)	Linux
6	34 (39.08%)	Windows Server
7	30 (34.48%)	Python
8	27 (31.03%)	Configuration Management
8	27 (31.03%)	Puppet
9	23 (26.44%)	Microsoft Azure
9	23 (26.44%)	SQL
10	22 (25.29%)	ITIL
10	22 (25.29%)	Finance
11	21 (24.14%)	SQL Server

11	21 (24.14%)	Cisco
11	21 (24.14%)	Citrix
11	21 (24.14%)	Windows Server 2012
12	20 (22.99%)	Bash Shell
12	20 (22.99%)	VMware Infrastructure
12	20 (22.99%)	IIS
13	19 (21.84%)	SAN
13	19 (21.84%)	Agile Software Development
14	17 (19.54%)	Nagios
14	17 (19.54%)	MS Exchange
14	17 (19.54%)	Tomcat
14	17 (19.54%)	F5
14	17 (19.54%)	Office 365
14	17 (19.54%)	Ansible
15	16 (18.39%)	DevOps

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Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	20 (22.99%)	IIS
2	17 (19.54%)	MS Exchange
2	17 (19.54%)	Tomcat
3	16 (18.39%)	Apache
4	15 (17.24%)	Exchange Server 2010
5	13 (14.94%)	Skype for Business
6	8 (9.20%)	JBoss
7	7 (8.05%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
8	5 (5.75%)	BizTalk Server
9	4 (4.60%)	SharePoint
10	2 (2.30%)	Confluence
10	2 (2.30%)	IBM Domino
11	1 (1.15%)	WebSphere
11	1 (1.15%)	WebSphere Application Server

Applications
1	10 (11.49%)	Microsoft Office
2	1 (1.15%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	1 (1.15%)	Bloomberg TOMS

Cloud Services
1	23 (26.44%)	Microsoft Azure
2	17 (19.54%)	Office 365
3	12 (13.79%)	Amazon AWS
4	3 (3.45%)	Azure Active Directory
4	3 (3.45%)	Cloud Computing
5	2 (2.30%)	Mimecast
5	2 (2.30%)	SaaS
6	1 (1.15%)	OpenShift

Communications & Networking
1	19 (21.84%)	SAN
2	16 (18.39%)	DNS
2	16 (18.39%)	WAN
3	14 (16.09%)	NAS
4	12 (13.79%)	DHCP
5	10 (11.49%)	iSCSI
6	8 (9.20%)	Firewall
7	7 (8.05%)	LAN
8	5 (5.75%)	Skype
9	4 (4.60%)	SSL
10	3 (3.45%)	Internet
10	3 (3.45%)	Unified Communications
11	1 (1.15%)	HTTP
11	1 (1.15%)	Network Security
11	1 (1.15%)	TCP/IP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	21 (24.14%)	SQL Server
2	10 (11.49%)	MySQL
3	9 (10.34%)	NoSQL
4	8 (9.20%)	SQL Server 2014
5	7 (8.05%)	SQL Server 2005
6	5 (5.75%)	Relational Database
7	3 (3.45%)	RDBMS
8	2 (2.30%)	SQL Server 2008
9	1 (1.15%)	Azure SQL Database
9	1 (1.15%)	Hadoop
9	1 (1.15%)	MongoDB
9	1 (1.15%)	SQL Server Integration Services
9	1 (1.15%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	16 (18.39%)	Git (software)
2	8 (9.20%)	Subversion
3	6 (6.90%)	Jenkins
3	6 (6.90%)	Maven
3	6 (6.90%)	Team Foundation Server
4	5 (5.75%)	Sonatype Nexus
5	4 (4.60%)	Bitbucket
5	4 (4.60%)	GCC
5	4 (4.60%)	JIRA
5	4 (4.60%)	MSI
5	4 (4.60%)	NuGet
6	2 (2.30%)	Vagrant
7	1 (1.15%)	GitLab
7	1 (1.15%)	Gradle
7	1 (1.15%)	Grunt
7	1 (1.15%)	gulp
7	1 (1.15%)	InstallShield
7	1 (1.15%)	Selenium
7	1 (1.15%)	SonarQube

General
1	22 (25.29%)	Finance
2	9 (10.34%)	Games
3	2 (2.30%)	Automotive
3	2 (2.30%)	Legal
4	1 (1.15%)	Financial Institution
4	1 (1.15%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	13 (14.94%)	Administrator
1	13 (14.94%)	Analyst
1	13 (14.94%)	Infrastructure Engineer
2	10 (11.49%)	Systems Administrator
3	9 (10.34%)	Systems Engineer
4	8 (9.20%)	Applications Support
4	8 (9.20%)	IT Analyst
4	8 (9.20%)	Linux Engineer
5	7 (8.05%)	DevOps Administrator
5	7 (8.05%)	Linux Systems Engineer
5	7 (8.05%)	Systems Analyst
5	7 (8.05%)	Test Engineer
6	6 (6.90%)	Automation Engineer
7	5 (5.75%)	Applications Engineer
7	5 (5.75%)	Configuration Engineer
7	5 (5.75%)	Senior Analyst
7	5 (5.75%)	Support Analyst
7	5 (5.75%)	Support Engineer
8	4 (4.60%)	Windows Administrator
8	4 (4.60%)	Windows Systems Administrator

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	12 (13.79%)	.NET
2	11 (12.64%)	LAMP
3	10 (11.49%)	Web Services
4	1 (1.15%)	J2EE
4	1 (1.15%)	RESTful
4	1 (1.15%)	Software Packaging
4	1 (1.15%)	XML

Miscellaneous
1	14 (16.09%)	Data Centre
2	9 (10.34%)	Blackberry
3	5 (5.75%)	Virtual Team
4	3 (3.45%)	EMC VNX
4	3 (3.45%)	Mobile App
5	2 (2.30%)	Analytical Skills
5	2 (2.30%)	Computer Science
5	2 (2.30%)	Enterprise Software
5	2 (2.30%)	Fintech
6	1 (1.15%)	Client/Server
6	1 (1.15%)	Enterprise Storage
6	1 (1.15%)	Linux Command Line
6	1 (1.15%)	Management Information System
6	1 (1.15%)	Mobile Computing

Operating Systems
1	56 (64.37%)	Windows
2	36 (41.38%)	Linux
3	34 (39.08%)	Windows Server
4	21 (24.14%)	Windows Server 2012
5	16 (18.39%)	Ubuntu
6	11 (12.64%)	Windows Server 2008
7	9 (10.34%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	3 (3.45%)	Unix
9	2 (2.30%)	CentOS
9	2 (2.30%)	Windows 7
10	1 (1.15%)	Android
10	1 (1.15%)	Apple iOS
10	1 (1.15%)	Windows 10
10	1 (1.15%)	Windows Mobile

Processes & Methodologies
1	27 (31.03%)	Configuration Management
2	22 (25.29%)	ITIL
3	19 (21.84%)	Agile Software Development
4	16 (18.39%)	DevOps
5	14 (16.09%)	Root Cause Analysis
6	13 (14.94%)	SDLC
7	10 (11.49%)	Mentoring
8	9 (10.34%)	Mobile Device Management
9	8 (9.20%)	Asset Management
9	8 (9.20%)	Change Management
10	7 (8.05%)	Infrastructure Monitoring
10	7 (8.05%)	Investment Management
10	7 (8.05%)	ITIL V3
10	7 (8.05%)	Open Source
10	7 (8.05%)	Performance Tuning
11	6 (6.90%)	IT Strategy
11	6 (6.90%)	Test Planning
11	6 (6.90%)	Time Management
11	6 (6.90%)	Translating Business Requirements
11	6 (6.90%)	Virtual Environments

Programming Languages
1	30 (34.48%)	Python
2	23 (26.44%)	SQL
3	20 (22.99%)	Bash Shell
4	15 (17.24%)	Java
5	11 (12.64%)	C#
6	9 (10.34%)	VBScript
7	8 (9.20%)	Perl
8	3 (3.45%)	Ruby
9	2 (2.30%)	VB
10	1 (1.15%)	Groovy
10	1 (1.15%)	JavaScript
10	1 (1.15%)	Jython
10	1 (1.15%)	PHP
10	1 (1.15%)	Shell Script

Qualifications
1	7 (8.05%)	MCP
1	7 (8.05%)	Microsoft Certification
2	6 (6.90%)	Degree
2	6 (6.90%)	ISEB
3	4 (4.60%)	ISTQB
3	4 (4.60%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
3	4 (4.60%)	MCSE
4	3 (3.45%)	MCSA
5	2 (2.30%)	Computer Science Degree
6	1 (1.15%)	ITIL Certification
6	1 (1.15%)	MBA
6	1 (1.15%)	MCDBA
6	1 (1.15%)	MCITP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	3 (3.45%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	2 (2.30%)	SLA

System Software
1	42 (48.28%)	Active Directory
2	20 (22.99%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	14 (16.09%)	Hyper-V
3	14 (16.09%)	VMware ESXi
4	12 (13.79%)	Microsoft App-V
5	11 (12.64%)	XenApp
5	11 (12.64%)	XenDesktop
6	8 (9.20%)	vSphere
7	2 (2.30%)	Docker

Systems Management
1	40 (45.98%)	Opscode Chef
2	27 (31.03%)	Puppet
3	17 (19.54%)	Ansible
3	17 (19.54%)	Nagios
4	16 (18.39%)	SCCM
5	9 (10.34%)	SCOM
5	9 (10.34%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
6	7 (8.05%)	Capistrano
6	7 (8.05%)	Check_MK
6	7 (8.05%)	Microsoft Intune
6	7 (8.05%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection
7	5 (5.75%)	yum
8	4 (4.60%)	Microsoft Clustering
8	4 (4.60%)	PowerCLI
9	1 (1.15%)	Cisco CUCM
9	1 (1.15%)	Kubernetes
9	1 (1.15%)	Rundeck

Vendors
1	47 (54.02%)	Microsoft
2	42 (48.28%)	VMware
3	21 (24.14%)	Cisco
3	21 (24.14%)	Citrix
4	17 (19.54%)	F5
5	13 (14.94%)	Perforce
6	12 (13.79%)	Splunk
7	10 (11.49%)	Symantec
8	9 (10.34%)	Brocade
8	9 (10.34%)	Percona
8	9 (10.34%)	Riverbed
9	7 (8.05%)	CA
9	7 (8.05%)	Palo Alto
9	7 (8.05%)	Varonis
10	3 (3.45%)	EMC
10	3 (3.45%)	HP
10	3 (3.45%)	Oracle
11	2 (2.30%)	Atlassian
11	2 (2.30%)	Lotus
11	2 (2.30%)	ServiceNow